Justin Owens » animals

Rupert – The studious dragon

jay — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 02:30:42 +0000

A sketch done during lunch today that I hope to use for an upcoming painting.

A froggy Halloween

jay — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 22:56:23 +0000

I’ve been quite absent from this blog for a while and this was one of the projects that led to it. I was hired to redesign and implement Frog Hollow Farm’s new ecommerce site. They switched from a custom ecommerce solution to Shopify. I was able to get up to speed rather quickly and help them reach their target launch date. And I got to add in some cute illustrations ^_^ I also did quite a bit of product photography for the site which was interesting. I’ve always loved photography, but in the past have tended more towards landscapes and portraits.

Today I finished up this quick illo for a splash of holiday flavor on the site in time for Halloween. Fun Fun!

A yorkshire terrier, painted

jay — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 20:31:54 +0000

I’ve been working on a commission to do a painting of someone’s dog, but before jumping into the finished piece I took a break to do this little test painting. This test happened to coincide with a friend’s birthday, she has a family of Yorkshire Terriers, so I used them as my inspiration. The commission I’m working on will be for a dalmation, fun fun! I love animals and having more reasons to paint them totally works for me.

Oil on canvas
8″ x 8″

Daily… Some pandas

jay — Tue, 31 May 2011 05:54:30 +0000

Daily… Friend?

jay — Fri, 27 May 2011 19:11:13 +0000

Had a busy day and a need to get to sleep earlier than later, as I was to pick up my brother from the airport at 5 a.m. Wanted to keep the image nice and simple, but still have fun with character and at least a hint of story.

[edit] I kept it nice and simple and I can see a hint of story, but it’s lacking in character. Really just in the pose of the chick. Something more expressive, though still simple, would have better met my goal.

Daily… A sea creature

jay — Thu, 26 May 2011 05:05:04 +0000

Daily… A robot and a dog

jay — Mon, 23 May 2011 06:10:51 +0000

This little guy is a dog magnet!

Daily… A robit revisited

jay — Sat, 21 May 2011 16:14:53 +0000

I was rather unhappy with my robot sketch from last night. I was tired and a bit down from having to deal with computer issues. I just didn’t like the robot design, as in my mind, there wasn’t one. I should’ve gone over it with one more layer to come up with something a little less ‘michelin man’.

This evening I wanted to tackle another robot and get a bit more descriptive with the sketch.

Daily… Feathered

jay — Thu, 19 May 2011 05:38:02 +0000

A bit of a bird warrior.

Daily… An owl’sh creature

jay — Fri, 13 May 2011 15:39:55 +0000